Mollie O' Brien

*25-10-1952 Wheeling, WV

2nd version

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS see also Tim O‘ Brien
1986 unknown - Mollie O' Brien (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Randy Chavez [el gt], Tim O’Brien [ac gt/bck vcl], Nick Forster [el gt/steel/bck vcl], Rich Moore [el bass], Mark Simon [ac bass], Larry Thompson [drums], Eric Gunnison – [keyboards], Fly McClard [horns], Vicki Taylor, Mary Flower, Cheryl Lynch [bck vcl]. Producer: Tim O' Brien)

001 BIRMINGHAM Resounding RR-CD-306
002 IF YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY Resounding RR-CD-306
003 BRICKYARD BLUES Resounding RR-CD-306
004 YOU SEND ME Resounding RR-CD-306
005 SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE Resounding RR-CD-306
006 LESTER LEAPS IN Resounding RR-CD-306
007 ANGEL EYES Resounding RR-CD-306
008 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE Resounding RR-CD-306
009 TIGHT Resounding RR-CD-306
010 I DID MY PART Resounding RR-CD-306
1988 Colorado Sound Recording, Westminster, CO – Tim O‘ Brien and Mollie O‘ Brien (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Tim O'Brien [vcl/gt/mandolin/fiddle], Nick Forster [gt/slide guitar/claw hammer banjo/dulcimer. Producer: Tim O’Brien)
011 LEAVE THE LIAR ALONE Sugar Hill SH-3766
012 SWEET SUNNY SOUTH SH-3766
013 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND WAYS SH-3766
014 JUST SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW SH-3766
015 DOWN TO THE VALLEY TO PRAY SH-3766
016 WAVE THE OCEAN SH-3766
017 YOUR LONG JOURNEY SH-3766
018 UNWED FATHERS SH-3766
019 WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIELAND SH-3766
020 NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE SH-3766
021 PAPA'S ON THE HOUSETOP SH-3766
022 DREAM OF THE MINER'S CHILD SH-3766
ca 1989 unknown - Mollie O' Brien (Mollie O‘ Brien [vcl], Tim O‘ Brien [gt/bck vcl], Don Newby [drums], Ron Jolly [organ], Ron Jolly [piano], Fly McLard [sax], Forrest Means [trumpet], Vicki Taylor [bck vcl]. Producer: Mollie O' Brien)
023 EVERYTHING IN THE WEEK Resounding RR-LP-206
024 IT'LL COME TO YOU Resounding RR-LP-206
025 CHEATER MAN Resounding RR-LP-206
026 ROMANCE Resounding RR-LP-206
027 SOMEBODY ELSE'S FIRE Resounding RR-LP-206
028 ISN'T THAT SO Resounding RR-LP-206
029 OH! DARLING Resounding RR-LP-206
030 DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME Resounding RR-LP-206
031 WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOING ON Resounding RR-LP-206
032 HUSBAND Resounding RR-LP-206
1991 unknown – Tim O‘ Brien and Mollie O‘ Brien
033 CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM SH-CD-3796
SUGAR HILL SH-CD-3796 HOLIDAY TREATS FROM SUGAR HILL (1991)
March 1992 Colorado Sound Recording, Westminster, CO – Tim O’Brien and Mollie O‘ Brien (Mollie O‘ Brien [vcl], Tim O'Brien [vcl/gt/fiddle/ mandolin/ bouzouki], Tommy Malone [slide gt], John Nielson [clawhammer banjo], Nark Diamond  [acoustic bass], Rich Moore [electric bass], Mark Graham [harmonica], John Magnie [accordion/vcl], Steve Amedee [tambourine/vcl], Hazel Miller, Anthony Choice [hmny vcl])

034 LOOKING FOR THE STONE SH-CD-3804
035 IF I HAD MY WAY SH-CD-3804
036 FLOODS OF SOUTH DAKOTA SH-CD-3804
037 SHUT DE DO SH-CD-3804
038 STAGGER LEE SH-CD-3804
039 REMEMBER ME SH-CD-3804
040 SOMEBODY TOLD THE BLUES SH-CD-3804
041 DO RIGHT TO ME, BABY SH-CD-3804
042 THAT'S THE WAY TO TREAT YOUR WOMAN SH-CD-3804
043 MOTHERLESS CHILDREN SH-CD-3804
044 PILGRIM OF SORROW SH-CD-3804
045 HUSH WHILE THE LITTLE ONES SLEEP SH-CD-3804
046 OUT IN THE COUNTRY SH-CD-3804
ca. fall 1992 Music Row Audio, Nashville, TN/Polygram Studios, Nashville, TN – Tim O' Brien and Mollie O' Brien (Tim O'Brien [vcl/fiddle/mandolin/bouzouki/gt], Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Scott Nygaard [gt/bck vcl], Ron Block [banjo/bck vcl], Pete Wernick [banjo], Mark Graham [harmonica], Mark Schatz [bass/clawhammer banjo/jaw harp/bck vcl].Producer: Jerry Douglas) 047 CHURCH STEEPLE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
048 WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
049 HEARTBREAK GAME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
050 TIME TO LEARN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
051 PERFECT PLACE TO HIDE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
052 RUN MOUNTAIN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
053 GOOD WOMAN BAD Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
054 FEW ARE CHOSEN Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
055 SHADOWS OF LIGHT Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
056 FARMER'S CURSED WIFE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
057 JOHNNY DON'T GET DRUNK/RYE STRAW Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
058 HE HAD A LONG CHAIN ON Sugar Hill SH-CD-3808
November 1993/March 1994 Colorado Sound Recording, Westminster, CO/ Coupe Studios, Boulder, CO – Tim O‘ Brien and Mollie O‘ Brien (Tim O' Brien [vcl/gt/bouzouki/mandolin/fiddle/Hammond organ], Mollie O‘ Brien [vcl], Matt Flinner [gt], Scott Nygaard [gt], Mike Seeger [banjo], Spencer Bohren [steel], Sally Truitt/Mark Schatz [ac bass], Rich Moore [bass], Eugene Smith [percussion], John Magnie [accordion]. Producer: Tim O' Brien)
059 AWAY OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN SH-CD-3825
060 WICHITA SH-CD-3825
061 ORPHAN GIRL SH-CD-3825
062 HE LIFTS ME SH-CD-3825
063 WHEN I WAS A COWBOY SH-CD-3825
064 TRAGIC ROMANCE SH-CD-3825
065 DON'T LET ME COME HOME A STRANGER SH-CD-3825
066 HOME BY THE SEA SH-CD-3825
067 PRICE TO PAY SH-CD-3825
068 THAT'S HOW I LEARNED TO SING THE BLUES SH-CD-3825
069 BAD DAY (HOLE IN YOUR SHOE) SH-CD-3825
070 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN SH-CD-3825
071 AIN'T NO GRAVE GONNA HOLD MY BODY DOWN SH-CD-3825
072 FATHER ADIEU SH-CD-3825
ca. fall 1995 Colorado Sound Studios, Denver, CO – Mollie O‘ Brien (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Tim O'Brien [vcl/banjo/bouzouki/mandolin/fiddle], Scott Nygaard [gt], Jerry Douglas [dobro/drums], Mark Schatz [ac bass], Chris Engleman [el bass], Steve Ivey [drums/bongos/percussion], Darol Anger [fiddle], John Magnie [accordion/piano]. Producer: Tim O‘ Brien)
073 IF I LIVE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
074 IT AIN'T LOVE Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
075 NORTHERN CROSS Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
076 LARK IN THE MORNING Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
077 ALASKA Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
078 NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
079 SIGN YOUR NAME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
080 HAVING MYSELF A TIME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
081 BOLLWEEVIL HOLLER Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
082 HENHOUSE BLUES Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
083 MOONLIGHT AIN'T NO USE TO ME Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
084 WHEN I SET OUT FOR GLORY Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846
1996 unknown – Mollie O‘ Brien
085 IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER SHCD-3855
SUGAR HILL SHCD-3855 TINSEL TUNES: MORE HOLIDAY TREATS FROM SUGAR HILL (1986)
1998 Rancho De Ville, Boulder, CO – Mollie O‘ Brien (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Nick Forster [ac/el/slide gt], Chris Engleman [el bass], Steve Ivey [drums], John Magnie [harmonica/accordion]. Producer: Charles Sawtelle)
086 IN MY GIRLISH DAYS Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
087 NO ASH WILL BURN Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
088 DENVER TO DALLAS Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
089 LOVE LIKE BLOOD Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
090 ELEEZAH Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
091 LITTLE BABY Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
092 BIG RED SUN BLUES Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
093 BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
094 LOOKING FOR TROUBLE Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
095 GAMBLING MAN Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
096 NO HIDING PLACE Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
097 ROLLIN' Sugar Hill SHCD-3885
ca 1999 unknown – Mollie O‘ Brien and Nina Gerber
098 CAROLINA PINES
Track above issued on World Folk Music Association compilation Give Your Self To Love
April -May 2000 Colorado Sound Recording Studio, Westminster, CO - Mollie O' Brien (Mollie O‘ Brien [vcl], Nina Gerber [vcl/gt], Sally Van Meter [steel], Cary Black [bass], Chris Engleman [el bass], Steve Smedee [drums/percussion], John Magnie [accordion/piano] + Tim O' Brien [bck vcl]. Producer: Nina Gerber)
099 RIVER'S INVITATION Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
100 WHEN I'M GONE Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
101 THE HOUSE, THE BOAT, THE LOVERS Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
102 PRACTICING WALKING AWAY Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
103 YOU WON'T SEE ME Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
104 TRAIN TIME Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
105 THROW IT AWAY Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
106 LOVE, LIFE AND MONEY Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
107 THE RIGHT THING Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
108 WHEN I'VE GOT THE MOON Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919
13 July 2006 [live-Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival] Grey Fox, NY – Tim O‘ Brien and Mollie O‘ Brien (Tim O'Brien [vcl/gt/mandolin/fiddle], Mollie O'Brien [vcl])
10801 AWAY OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN
10802 IF I HAD MY WAY
10803 PAPA'S ON THE HOUSETOP
10804 UNWED FATHERS
10805 HE LIFTS ME
10806 WICHITA
10807 ORPHAN GIRL
10808 MY OLD COTTAGE HOME
10809 REMEMBER ME
Tracks above issued on album Tim and Mollie O‘ Brien At Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
December 2006 [live] Chautauqua Community House, Boulder, CO – Mollie O‘ brien and Rich Moore (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Rich Moore [vcl/gt])
10810 LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
10811 RIVER'S INVITATION
10812 LARK IN THE MORNING
10813 NOW AT LAST
10814 JEALOUS HEARTED ME
10815 NO HOLE IN MY HEAD
10816 IN MY GIRLISH DAYS
10817 ME AND MY CHAUFFEUR
10818 EVERY NIGHT IN THE WEEK
10819 SOMEBODY ELSE'S FIRE
Tracks above issued on album 900 Baseline
February/March 2010 Colorado Sound Studios, Westminster, CO – Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Rich Moore [gt/hmny vcl], Ben Winship [mandolin/bouzouki/banjo/hmny vcl], Glenn Taylor [pedal steel], Eric Thorin [bass/tuba/hmny vcl], ChristianTeele [ drums/percussion/hmny vcl], Tim O’Brien [fiddle], Eric Moon [accordion-1/piano-2/organ/celeste], Brad Goode [trumpet], Max Soto [oboes], Nelson Hinds [trombone], Jason Johnston [French horn], Casey Boone, Brigid Moore, Lucy Moore [bck vcl]. Producer: Ben Wonship, Eric Thorin)
109 KEEP IT CLEAN Remington 3473
110 NEW BOOTS Remington 3473
111 LOSERS Remington 3473
112 THE GHOST OF YOU WALKS -2 Remington 3473
113 LONELY FOR A WHILE Remington 3473
114 DEAD AND LOVELY Remington 3473
115 SAINTS AND SINNERS -2 Remington 3473
116 EVERYTHING I'VE GOT Remington 3473
117 DON'T BOTHER ME Remington 3473
118 I'M SHAKIN' Remington 3473
119 MIGHTY CLOSE TO HEAVEN -1 Remington 3473
120 THINK ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES Remington 3473
121 CUBA Remington 3473

June 2013 Colorado Sound Studios, Westminster, CO – Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore (Mollie O'Brien [vcl], Rich Moore [gt/hmny vcl], Glenn Taylor [steel], Eric Thorin [bass/ banjo/ hmny vcl], Marc Dalio [drums/ percussion], Jessie Burns [fiddle], John Magnie [ piano/ accordion], Eric Moon [ac/el piano/ organ/ marxophone], Gabe Mervine [trumpet], Lesley Kernochan [musical saw], Brigid Moore, Lucy Moore [hmny vcl])
122 SUNDAY STREET Remington Road 0684 

123 TRAIN HOME Remington Road 0684 

124 WENT BACK HOME Remington Road 0684 

125 CENTRAL SQUARE Remington Road 0684 

126 LOVE RUNNER Remington Road 0684   

127 SUZANNE Remington Road 0684   

128 DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE Remington Road 0684   

129 THEY WANT ME HERE Remington Road 0684 

130 JUST GO Remington Road 0684 

131 WEST VIRGINIA, MY HOME Remington Road 0684 

132 GREEN SUMMERTIME Remington Road 0684

ALBUMS
Resounding RR-CD-306 I Never Move Too Soon: Birmingham; If You Love Me Like You Say; Brickyard Blues; You Send Me; Smack Dab In The Middle; Lester Leaps In; Angel Eyes; All The Things You Are; Tight; I Did My Part – 09-01-87
Sugar Hill SH-3766 Take Me Back: Leave That Liar Alone; Sweet Sunny South; I Love You A Thousand Ways; Just Someone I Used To Know; Down To The Valley To Pray; Wave The Ocean, Wave The Sae; Your Long Journey; When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland; Unwed Fathers; Nobody's Fault But Mine; Papa's On The Housetop; Dream Of The Miner's Child; Christ Was Born In Bethlehem – 11-88 w. Tim O‘ Brien
Resounding RR-LP-206 Everynight In The Week: Everything In The Week; It'll Come To You; Cheater Man; Romance; Somebody Else's Fire; Isn't That So; Oh! Darling; Don't Take Advantage Of Me; Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On; Husband – 90
Sugar Hill SH-3804/SH-CD-3804 Remember Me: Looking For The Stone; If I Had My Way; Floods Of South Dakota; Shut De Do; Stagger Lee; Remember Me; Somebody Told The Blues; Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others); That's The Way To Treat Your Woman; Motherless Children; Pilgrim Of Sorrow; Hush While The Little Ones Sleep; Out In The Country – 10-92 w. Tim O‘ Brien
Sugar Hill SH-3808/SH-CD-3808 Oh Boy ! Oh Boy !: The Church Steeple [High On A Hillside]; When I Paint My Masterpiece; Heartbreak Game; Time To Learn; The Perfect Place To Hide; Run Mountain; Good Woman Bad; Few Are Chosen; Shadows Of Light; The Farmer's Cursed Wife; Johnny Don't Get Drunk - Rye Straw; He Had A Long Chain On – 15-04-93 w. Tim O‘ Brien
Sugar Hill SH-3825/SH-CD-3825 Away Out On The Mountain: Away Out On The Mountain; Wichita; Orphan Girl; He Lifts Me; When I Was A Cowboy; Tragic Romance; Don't Let Me Come Home A Stranger; Home By The Sea; Price To Pay; That's How I Learned To Sing The Blues; Bad Day (Hole In Your Shoe); When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again; Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down; Father Adieu – 28-06-94 w. Tim O‘ Brien
Sugar Hill SH-CD-3846 Tell It True: If I Live; It Ain't Love; Northern Cross; Lark in the Morning; Alaska; Never Got Off the Ground; Sign Your Name; Having Myself a Time; Bollweevil Holler; Henhouse Blues; Moonlight Ain't No Use to Me; When I Set Out for Glory – 16-03-96
FestivaLink no # Tim and Mollie O‘ Brien At Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival: Away Out on the Mountain; If I Had My Way; Papa's on the Housetop; Unwed Fathers; He Lifts Me; Wichita; Orphan Girl; My Old Cottage Home; Remember Me – 06 w. Tim O‘ Brien
Sugar Hill SH-CD-3885 Big Red Sun: In My Girlish Days; No Ash Will Burn; Denver to Dallas; Love Like Blood; Eleezah; Little Baby; Big Red Sun Blues; Brown Eyed Handsome Man; Looking for Trouble; Gambling Man; No Hiding Place; Rollin' – 18-08-98
Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3919 Things I Gave Away: River's Invitation; When I'm Gone; The House, the Boat, the Lovers; Practicing Walking Away; You Won't See Me; Train Time; Throw It Away; Love, Life and Money; The Right Thing; When I've Got the Moon – 29-08-00
Remington Road ? 900 Baseline: Looking for Trouble; River's Invitation; Lark In the Morning; Now At Last; Jealous Hearted Me; No Hole In My Head; In My Girlish Days; Me and My Chauffeur; Every Night In the Week; Somebody Else's Fire – 06-07 w. Rich Moore
Remington Road 3473-2 Saints and Sinners: Keep It Clean; New Boots; Losers; The Ghost of You Walks; Lonely For a While; Dead and Lovely; Saints and Sinners; Everything I've Got; Don't Bother Me; I'm Shakin'; Mighty Close To Heaven; Think About Your Troubles; Cuba – 14-09-10 w. Rich Moore

Remington Road REM-CD-0684 Love Runner: Sunday Street;  Train Home;  Went Back Home;  Central Square;  Love Runner;  Suzanne;  Don't Let The Devil Ride;  They Want Me Here;  Just Go;  West Virginia, My Home;  Green Summertime – 21-01-14 w. Rich Moore